mode of being is an evening length, original performance by tbd. dance collective examining the shared elements of human nature. 

Premiered at KANEKO as part of The Movement Series

Premiere Date: March 29 + 30, 2019

Run Time: 45 minutes

Directed by: Kat Fackler + Stephanie Huettner

Choreography by: tbd. dance collective

Dancers: Kyan Doubet, Kat Fackler, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Allyson Pfortmiller, Alyssa Rivera, Annie Schenzel, Lauren Wichert

Musicians: Nik Fackler, Susie Gibbons, Nick Holden, Philip Kolbo, Patrick Newbery, Megan Siebe

Platform Design: Kevin Bullis

Lighting Design: Nik Fackler

Lighting Provided by FadeUp Design Group

Photographs by Ben Semisch, Courtesy of KANEKO

 Through movement, dancers explored the external behaviors, rituals, and patterns we engage in on a daily basis - waking up, tying our shoes, eating, going to work getting dressed, getting undressed. These mundane actions can feel like cogs in a larger machine of existence. Internally, and often unseen, we are a well of human experience shaped by memories, relationships, events in our life, and emotions. These shared acts are widely varied, but can overlap and intersect - connecting us in ways that can be easily seen, and other times only felt.

Mode of being featured a live, original score, created directly in conversation with the choreography and exhibition. 

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